On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2013, at 6:29 PM, Jouni Valkonen wrote: > >> Indeed, >> >> However plasma physics is by itself interesting, so it is nice to have >> some big science experiments running. Science is not about profit but having >> fun! > > > Well Jouni, when over 25 billion dollars are spent, the question is who has > the fun from this money. As a tax payer, I could have had much more fun if > the money had been sent on something that lowered my energy bill and reduced > the risk of global warming . But to each his own. >> >> >> If plasma physicist would like really do something that could spawn >> profits on a long run, then they should study helium-3 fusion. > > > Yes, and where do you get the He3? Yes, this is present on the Moon, but at > what cost?
Some LENR systems produce tritium and this decays into He3. Could a LENR system be engineered to supply enough He3 to make this sort of hot fusion practical? Harry
